Jemimah on India’s journey in World Cup: We had each other’s shoulders to cry on

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Women’s World Cup 2025: In an exclusive interview, Jemimah Rodrigues said how the Indian players supported each other when the team was going through a rough patch, losing three matches on the bounce in the mega event at home.

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00:00This team is different. All I'd say this team is different.

00:03I think more than anything else what stood out for me in this tournament is that

00:06you know we didn't have a smooth ride, we had ups and downs

00:09but each other looked out for each other.

00:11There was always when someone was crying there was someone going there

00:14giving their shoulder to cry on and that's what a real champion team is all about.

00:17You know it's not about winning 10 matches straight in a row

00:21it's knowing how to pick yourself up after a fall and that's what this team did.

00:25True. Jemmy, in that semi-final, maybe you gave up to each fan that this team is winning.

00:32Tell us about that team.

00:34What do I say? I don't know what to say.

00:37I think I was just chosen to be in that moment.

00:40It felt like it was all scripted.

00:43I was just a small part of what happened.

00:47It just felt like it was all scripted by someone above.

00:50I got above and yeah I mean I'm just so grateful that I could contribute to a team.

00:54to my team in the semi-final and defeat Australia.

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